Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2012
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 95 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2012, granting 29% of them. That is 9 points lower than Q2 2012 (38% of 194). A year earlier, Q3 2011 recorded 35% of 298. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 54 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 182 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 20 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July35 decided
- August26 decided
- September34 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)20%11 granted43 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)27%8 granted22 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †43%6 granted8 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †38%5 granted8 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †18%2 granted9 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †30%3 granted7 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †100%2 granted0 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 11 | 43 | 20% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 8 | 22 | 27% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 6 | 8 | 43% † |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 8 | 38% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 9 | 18% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 3 | 7 | 30% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 0 | 100% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† fewer than 20 decided cases, too few to generalize. Cases often raise several concerns, so rows overlap.
Time from Statement of Reasons to decision
Cases decided in Q3 2012 took a median of 182 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 85 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 202 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing34% granted · 71 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 22 cases
Representation
- With an attorney58% granted · 19 cases
- Self-represented22% granted · 76 cases
An association in the decided record, not a measure of what representation causes: represented and self-represented cases can differ in many ways.
Population: decided hearing-level STANDARD_ISCR decisions dated 2012-07-01 through 2012-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2012 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2012-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.